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Growing-up modern : the Western state builds Third-World schools /

The modern state - First and Third Worlds alike - pushes tirelessly to expand mass education and to deepen the schools' effect upon children. First published in 1991, Growing-Up Modern explores why, how, and with what actual effects state actors so vehemently pursue this dual political agenda....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fuller, Bruce (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxfordshire, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2014.
Colección:Routledge library editions. Development.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The modern state - First and Third Worlds alike - pushes tirelessly to expand mass education and to deepen the schools' effect upon children. First published in 1991, Growing-Up Modern explores why, how, and with what actual effects state actors so vehemently pursue this dual political agenda. Bruce Fuller first delves into the motivations held by politicians, education bureaucrats and civic elites as they earnestly seek to spread schooling to younger children, older adults and previously disenfranchised groups. Fuller argues that the school provides an institutional stage on which political ac.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations, tables
ISBN:9780203837511
0203837517